Re: INSECT Pro - Free tool for pentest - New version release 2.7

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:36:12 +1000, GloW - XD said:

> So, i think this should clear up alittle of this small debacle wich has
> broken about GPL... GPL is usually there to protect the src code in the GPL
> (named), but is also, not to be used in ways wich defame, wich is why it
> exists.. if tightvnc wanted to now, they could look at ALL its uses and
> scrutinize them in every case, and why the code is being used. It is
> something wich is verymuch now up to them and up to wether people have
> modified theyre code.

Ahem.  What the GPL V2 actually says:

  6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
this License.

"Not to defame" is an additional restriction, as is " scrutinize why the code
is being used". You can't do either of those for a GPL-licensed package - you
may be thinking of some of the Creative Commons licenses.

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